Roger Avon

Roger Avon (23 November 1914 – 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham.^[1][2]

Roger Avon
in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Born	(1914-11-23)23 November 1914 Jarrow, County Durham, England
Died	21 December 1998(1998-12-21) (aged 84) London, England
Occupation(s)	Stage, film and television actor
Years active	1951–98

Some of his television appearances include Hancock's Half Hour,^[3] Dad's Army, When the Boat Comes In,^[3] Department S, Doctor Who (serials The Crusade^[4] and The Daleks' Master Plan),^[5] Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased),^[3] Our Friends in the North^[3] and Blackadder the Third.^[6] He appeared in the films Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., The Likely Lads,^[3] Mutiny on the Buses, Quatermass and the Pit and Curse of the Crimson Altar, among others.^[6][7]

Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series Grafters,^[3] starring Robson Green.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Fun at St. Fanny's (1955) – Horsetrough
• The Time of His Life (1955) – Prison Warder (uncredited)
• Stars in Your Eyes (1957) – Grimes
• The Scamp (1957) – Constable
• Kill Her Gently (1957) – Const. Brown
• The Woman Eater (1958) – Constable
• A Night to Remember (1958) – Lookout Reginald Lee (uncredited)
• Dial 999 (TV series), ('Deadly Blackmail', episode) (1959) - Crime witness (uncredited)
• Dial 999 (TV series) ('Ghost Squad', episode) (1959) - MacTavish
• The Ugly Duckling (1959) – Reporter
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) – Policeman at Window Breaking (uncredited)
• The Hellfire Club (1961) – Turnkey
• Murder at the Gallop (1963) – Forensic Photographer (uncredited)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964) – Policeman Following Ringo (uncredited)
• Runaway Railway (1965) – Waterhouse
• Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) – Wells
• Cuckoo Patrol (1967) – Policeman
• Quatermass and the Pit (1967) – Electrician
• Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) – Sergeant Tyson
• Burke & Hare (1971) – Second Guard
• Mutiny on the Buses (1972) – Policeman (Safari Park)
• Au Pair Girls (1972) – Rathbone
• Hide and Seek (1972) – First workman
• The Likely Lads (1976) – Joe the Landlord
• George and Mildred (1980) – Commissionaire
• The Dresser (1983) – Charles

External links

• Roger Avon at IMDb